Just two weeks ago (January 22), an
estimated 200,000 of pro-lifers showed up in Washington, D.C. for the annual ‘March
for Life’ rally commemorating the 56-million babies destroyed since the 1973 Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision
legalizing abortion on demand. In
attendance were people of all races and creeds; young and old; both male and
female … all to defend and lift up their voices for the unborn. Of course, they encountered some unhappy and
virulent pro-choice activists along the way.
Despite the seriousness of this issue, the major news networks devoted
little attention to it. Of the three
mainstream television networks, only CBS
mentioned the 2015 March for Life – allotting just 15-seconds. That’s one second for every 13,000 people who
put work and school aside, and traveled from as far away as the West Coast;
that’s one second for every 3.7-million babies aborted each year over the last
42-years.
Yet, look at the media attention
given to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ rallies.
After the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner,
protesters took to the streets across the nation. “Black Lives Matter is an ideological and
political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and
intentionally targeted for demise,” BlackLivesMatter.com
states. “It is an affirmation of Black
folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the
face of deadly oppression.”
They are right: Black lives are
intentionally targeted for demise—though not necessarily in the way they are
protesting.
CNSNews.com explains: For every black murder victim in 2011 there were 19-blacks
killed by abortion, according to data from the FBI and the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC). [2011 is the latest year
for which the data is available.] The
CDC’s Abortion Surveillance Report for 2011 shows that 117,293-black babies
were aborted that year in the 32-states and the District of Columbia that
report abortion numbers to the CDC. The
FBI’s Uniform Crime Report for 2011, shows that 6,329-blacks were murder
victims that year (5,416-males, 910-females, and 3-unknown gender). In other words, for every black American
killed by homicide in 2011, there were 19 (18.5) blacks killed by abortion … and
that’s just in the jurisdictions that report their abortion data. In short, the 117,293-black babies aborted is
1,753% higher than the 6,329 black murder victims in 2011.
Black lives do matter — beginning in
the womb. It’s well past time the
movement shift its focus.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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